23 Bible Verses about Stock Keeping

Then they came very close to him and said, "We will build sheep folds here for our flocks and cities for our families,

So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said you would do."

Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and constructed pens for their flocks.

As for you, watchtower for the flock, fortress of Daughter Zion -- your former dominion will be restored, the sovereignty that belongs to Daughter Jerusalem.

When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold.

A righteous person cares for the life of his animal, but even the most compassionate acts of the wicked are cruel.

The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds,

Tell him, 'Your servants have taken care of cattle from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,' so that you may live in the land of Goshen, for everyone who takes care of sheep is disgusting to the Egyptians."

This is what the Lord says: "Just as a shepherd salvages from the lion's mouth a couple of leg bones or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites who live in Samaria will be salvaged. They will be left with just a corner of a bed, and a part of a couch."

Again the Lord said to me, "Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! May a sword fall on his arm and his right eye! May his arm wither completely away, and his right eye become completely blind!"

The herdsmen ran off, went into the town, and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men.

When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside.

"Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep, 'Come at once and sit down for a meal'?

"Foreigners will take care of your sheep; foreigners will work in your fields and vineyards.

So there were quarrels between Abram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen. (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.)

the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water belongs to us!" So Isaac named the well Esek because they argued with him about it.

When some shepherds came and drove them away, Moses came up and defended them and then watered their flock.

They said, "An Egyptian man rescued us from the shepherds, and he actually drew water for us and watered the flock!"

Indeed, this is what the Lord says to me: "The Lord will be like a growling lion, like a young lion growling over its prey. Though a whole group of shepherds gathers against it, it is not afraid of their shouts or intimidated by their yelling. In this same way the Lord who commands armies will descend to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill.

I used you to smash shepherds and their flocks. I used you to smash farmers and their teams of oxen. I used you to smash governors and leaders."

So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.